diff --git a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useProgressTextWidget.ts b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useProgressTextWidget.ts
index 04864c6a58..90c6cbf926 100644
--- a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useProgressTextWidget.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useProgressTextWidget.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export function useTextPreviewWidget(
               typeof value === 'string' ? value : String(value)
         },
         getMinHeight: () => options.minHeight ?? 42 + PADDING,
+        serialize: false,
         read_only: true
       },
       type: inputSpec.type